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The Moon on Tuesday, March 14, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on March 14, 2017Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 14 March 2017395,777 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 14, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
395,777 km245,924 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 2017 is on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 14:54 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 02:57 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 12, 201714:54
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 20, 201715:58

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Tuesday, March 14, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 2017 to the new moon of March 28, 2017, a cycle of 29.50 days.